Methodological issues in longitudinal epidemiologic studies of dental caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 236-248

  Slade, Gary D ^a,b   Caplan, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CB #7450   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Dental caries; DMF index; Epidemioloeic methods

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033173290     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1999.tb02017.x     Document Type: Article

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